EPA Urged To Develop 'Generic' Standard For Nuclear Waste Repository
President Obama's Blue Ribbon Commission (BRC) is recommending that EPA develop “generic” radiation protection standards for nuclear waste repositories due to concerns that the site-specific standards the agency developed for the failed Yucca Mountain project were compromised by politics -- a suggestion that is drawing a mixed reaction from activists who have previously sued the agency claiming its site-specific standards are too weak.
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